New Posts For Thread: BBC Race Row as White actor Given Black Role.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-roleThe BBC was attacked yesterday for casting a white actor in a role originally written for a black one in a new thriller.Danny Lee Wynter, who set up diversity campaign Act for Change, said black actors were “confused and understandably angry” wheI don't remember any black actors getting “confused and understandably angry” when the Black and White Minstrel shows were on TV.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541777139#541777139I don't remember any black actors getting “confused and understandably angry” when the Black and White Minstrel shows were on TV.Wed, 08 Oct 2014 18:34:44 -0500And why not? The acting ;profession always wear make-up. A bit of white face paint and there you are! It only seems to cause problems when fair-skinned chappies put on some black face-paint.Perhaps they should stop making it?! Or better still, just ghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541776747#541776747And why not? The acting ;profession always wear make-up. A bit of white face paint and there you are! It only seems to cause problems when fair-skinned chappies put on some black face-paint.Perhaps they should stop making it?! Or better still, just gWed, 08 Oct 2014 17:50:44 -0500If memory serves Black actors have played Richard 111 and Hamlet,https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541776679#541776679If memory serves Black actors have played Richard 111 and Hamlet,Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:42:11 -0500don't believe it next we will have a black guyplaying the president of the USAhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541776333#541776333don't believe it next we will have a black guyplaying the president of the USAWed, 08 Oct 2014 17:20:20 -0500They might have more luck if they auditions for some work in Africa or the like where their skin colour would be seen as a big advantage. People fail auditions all the time...it's part of the 'resting' process.No doubt the casting director selected thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541775775#541775775They might have more luck if they auditions for some work in Africa or the like where their skin colour would be seen as a big advantage. People fail auditions all the time...it's part of the 'resting' process.No doubt the casting director selected tWed, 08 Oct 2014 16:51:35 -0500Sorry BAME!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541773729#541773729Sorry BAME!Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:14:29 -0500Are Polish people BME?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541773687#541773687Are Polish people BME?Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:13:23 -0500No, but they are now advertising for a voice-coach to teach him to talk just like a black guy. Three million white boys from London have applied for that job.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541773655#541773655No, but they are now advertising for a voice-coach to teach him to talk just like a black guy. Three million white boys from London have applied for that job.Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:12:25 -0500Will they be rewriting the episode where he infiltrates a gang of Jamaican yardies?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541773479#541773479Will they be rewriting the episode where he infiltrates a gang of Jamaican yardies?Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:05:42 -0500They might keep him in the shadows seeing as it's a spy thriller. Nobody will notice the difference.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30363087/bbc-race-row-as-white-actor-given-black-role?post_id=541773389#541773389They might keep him in the shadows seeing as it's a spy thriller. Nobody will notice the difference.Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:01:50 -0500